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That said, I wrote an article for Learning Technologies Magazine about what it will really take to make the movement around this new standard successful. The article is chock-full of the most exciting words on the internet, like “conformance” and, uh, “validators”.

Jokes aside, we’ve come a long way with Tin Can, but we’re not there yet. The shiny parts most spend time talking about (like statements and it working outside the LMS) won’t make this thing work. In fact, that all falls apart if we don’t follow through on the really important pieces that make standards successful at interoperability.

I recently wrote a post for ASTD’s Learning Technologies blog about how to prepare for adaptive learning technology. Really, though, it’s about activities that any learning organization should undertake, whether or not the goal is to implement adaptive technology. There are a lot of different ways that a technology could adapt to people working inside an organization, though it’s not for everything. Adaptive learning shouldn’t replace social, nor mentoring, nor searchable libraries. Research is key to figuring out the best way to make use of technologies that can adapt. The post discusses three steps that will get an organization closer to being ready — including (surprise) research, content, and assessment strategy.